Potato chip

High school (ages 12+)
Food & Cooking

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/potato-chip

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the primary potato variety?High-starch varieties like Russet Burbank
2. What is the frying temperature range?Approximately 300-375°F (150-190°C)
3. Who invented the potato chip?George Crum, an African American chef, is credited with inventing the potato chip around 1853 at Moon's Lake House in Saratoga Springs, New York.
4. How are potato chips made?Potato chips are sliced very thin, fried until they are brittle, and then salted.

Serendipitous: Occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
Maillard Reaction: A complex chemical reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars that gives browned food its distinctive flavor.
Ubiquity: The state of being found everywhere or seeming to be everywhere.